tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70676432008-09-29T00:12:10.827-05:00AmericansDebate.com is a site for Americans to debate the current issues.Amar Shahnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7067643.post-24843014308631119542008-07-17T12:40:00.002-05:002008-07-17T12:50:15.747-05:00

President Bush claimed executive privilege to block the release of an FBI interview with Vice President Dick Cheney referring to the leak case of CIA operative Valerie Plame. Rep. Henry Waxman of the House Oversight Committee said he would move to hold Attorney General Michael Mukasky in contempt of Congress for not releasing the documents. Former State Department official Richard Armitage was

Amar Shahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7067643.post-72750885147092991952008-06-04T09:24:00.002-05:002008-06-04T09:40:42.436-05:00

Now that Senator Obama has clinched the Democratic nomination and Senator McCain has begun his attacks on him, what will Senator Clinton do? She still has not conceded from the race, but few think she will run as an independent candidate as that would make her the Ralph Nader of 2008. She will also most likely suspend her campaign instead of ending it as that would allow her to keep her

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Hillary Clinton has told fellow Congressional lawmakers that she would be willing to accept the VP spot if it would help the Democrats win in November. Though may not concede the race in tonight's speech, if Obama reaches the delegate milestone she will acknowledge it. Read Article

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According to the AP, Senator Barack Obama now has the delegate count to win the nomination as long as he gets at least 30% of the vote tonight in each state. Clinton staffers are saying she will not concede the race tonight even though rumors are swirling that she is winding the campaign down. The next decision will be if they join forces or if Clinton decides to go all out and goes for an

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After high profile books by Secretary O' Neil and Richard Clarke, Scott McClellan has joined the growing list of former Bush employees who are speaking out about the insides of the Bush Administration. This comes as a big surprise since unlike the other former employees who have written books being critical of Bush, McClellan is a long time Bush loyalists going back as far as when he was

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Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri is a US Resident who was arrested for plotting an attack against the United States. What makes his case interesting is that he is not going through our court system, but is instead being held indefinitely without a trial and may get a military tribunal. I know most people are thinking, who cares, its just one guy and he probably is a terrorist, but their is a bigger

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Senator Carl Levin questioned continued US aid money to Pakistan which now totals $10 billion since September 11, in military and economic funding. Pakistan has a shaky track record on fighting terrorists, just last year they signed a pact with the Taliban which has led to an increase on cross border attacks on Afghanistan. It is also well known that part of this money disappears due to

Amar Shahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7067643.post-45746110289634282932008-05-22T14:19:00.005-05:002008-05-22T18:40:43.750-05:00

It looks as though Obama has started his search for a VP candidate while still working to secure the nomination. While I have been a Clinton supporter, I believe that time has come for her to get out. Their are three reasons I believe she is still hanging on, 1. She promised her supporters to stay till June 3rd, 2. She needs to raise enough money to pay off her debt before she leaves, and 3. She

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Donald Rumsfeld was brought in by President Bush during his first term to serve as Defense Secretary. He is still serving as one of only two secretaries to have served under Bush through his tenure. Rumsfeld’s goal as Defense Secretary was to make the military more agile for 21st century fighting. He immediately butt heads with top military commanders and members of Congress for his plans to cut

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The new Senate Intelligence Committe report on Saddam and al-Qaida found no evidence of cooperation between the two. Also, Saddam had considered them to be a threat to his regime. This contradicts what the White House had been saying for years, that Iraq and al-Qaida had a connection and even making indirect connections between Saddam and 9/11. Vice President Dick cheney had said Saddam had "

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It looks as though Russian - American ties continue to fall as the US imposed sanctions on seven defense companies including two Russian, Rosoboronexport and the state-owned warplane maker Sukhoi. Analyts say this could also lead to retaliation against American companies attempting to do business in Russia with Russian media calling it a declaration of an economic war. Many also believe this

Amar Shahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7067643.post-1154979789915874572006-08-07T14:32:00.000-05:002006-08-07T18:21:50.086-05:00

I found this site a while back: http://www.govtrack.us/ It is a site where you can track the stats on your Representatives and Senators. It lets you set monitors and updates you by e-mail. They also have the option to search bills. Another neat feature they have is "cartograms", which is a distorted U.S. map to show statistics depending on the amount of votes in that area, so places like

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The Republicans, who are feeling pressured by voters in an election year, brought up the minimum wage bill again after defeating a bill from Senator Kennedy a few weeks back, but with strings attached. The bill passed the House and now looks as though it will fail in the Senate. The strings attached were tax cuts for wealthy estates, Republican Senator Bill Frist also said that the issue of tax

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The Israeli military is involved in a major fight with Hezbollah in Lebanon. It is the biggest Israeli operation is Lebanon since 1982. The Israeli army launched the massive attack after Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers about a week after Hamas had captured a soldier in Gaza. Many muslim nations were disappointed in Hezbollah for starting the fight, the Israelis also saw this as an

Amar Shahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7067643.post-1152230502552748942006-07-06T18:13:00.000-05:002006-07-14T19:35:21.153-05:00

It was reported this week that senior commanders in the military warned their would be serious consequences if diplomacy with Iran failed and led to a bombing campaign or war. They were also against an idea that the war could be done on the cheap, they said economic and military ramifications need to be considered along with items such as the threat to oil supplies and long term backlash from

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Today the minimum wage bill from Senator Kennedy (D) was shot down in the Senate (article).The bill wanted to increase the minimum wage in incremental steps to $7.25 an hour after a little more then a year once the law would have been enacted. It was known the vote would lose, but Democrats had brought it up as an election year issue (like the gay ban for the republicans), it gives them ammo to

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